The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-07-28
QUEER EMPAOYMENTS.
Some Novcl Ways Of Earning Daily
Bread.
Especial cao,noudeucel

SpcrI1i Corrr-noudcncel
NEW YORK. July 26-l have written lo.
fore of tlo queer ways " earning liveIi-
hood in this city, 4 celebrated literary
woman has sad. "Thore is something DOB Sew
York for everybody within DO to don they
can only find It," Aye, f they cam only find
10. one serious drawback D, they often staFe
to death before they find &c. 1ho wise find it
because they mako d. They never would
find 10 il they went into tho overflow chm
nel.of industry whercailother go Our"oIk
and fortune. ll.e our Happiness. are within
ourselves. They who look within o. see what
they are capable Of doing, Or what they can
do that nobody else j.. doing, instead of hunt
ire without for q chance to do something that
everybody else j, doing, will succeed. This
i, what start, new business. new inventions,
new productions.
A little loy earn. his living hy picking mp
tbc oat. dropped by the horses Of tho mnll
WAGONS when they elt Every day no noon
l.c..u D.. .,-.n providing about the north side
of the po,to1lce. with rag on BIS mm ana
little shovel boz Dis hand Whom @ horse has
finished bis meal the boy scmpes up iHe oats,
eloye.s them Into BOZ, bag and Sells fH0m t1 %
man, who keeps pigeons. Even boo t.'is humble
and peculiarly original occupation Doe has
competition The .puT0ws sU00pd'Nu upon
his uraciou, merchandise before Doe cau pick
itail up. and he aud they have DC nip and
tuck every day.
Yber. nra nlen who keep hotels for house
hold pets. for dogs and birds and cats Only
tl,e other day heard of "a lady who pays s-'
"a month for 20 parrots board There nre also
4rat feeders They have q regular ii.t of
house. to which they eo daily and looh after
the well being ot ,he- and other creatures in
fbo aoummm. fhe birds and all iie rest oi
the helpless captive- Women who dress
doh. sometime. earn enough t0 live quite
comfortably know % toccher DOB the public
school, who. showing that there j, nn end o.
everything. oven 10 situation. determined
to make herself independent NJ school boards
She de.sdel that something toreaIly beautuy
or rra..r.e fhe beauty Of womaukind was
most likely f0 flourish without decline, SD
She decided on treating tho hair scientifically.
Tothi.enl She took zap the stuiyof The harmi
..,ln. and u0w has out % conspicuous sAmcl"
ON "a busy thoroughfare, announcing herself
ae. .ai.lIiuai-t. And as for custom, She gets
H. and gets more all the time. ln the sum-
uor Shoe goes to Newport and treats the har
of theri.l alta good round figure and comes
bacl. with s5Jl boo her purse but Doc draws
Oh. liae ou men. a California bonanza man
offered her 500 % treat bis head just once,
and She would NOT do it, From business
to,,t of view Obi. is drawing "a fine distinc-
fion since She could train young man AS AN
assistant aud gather ia the California gold If
Sine would
One oh woman sells court plaster in the
down town offices She gets her entire GUS
TOM from men They ike % Doe prepared for
black eye or cut finger emergencies. a good
l.aliug Young Turk sells Turkish candy in
down town districts Here and there "a
.ncader~ may De- found lie is generally an
elderly person with n genius for tukeriug
lie repairs everything, from tire wheel Of "a
ulanchette o. the ornament ON the top ~ Il
parasoi. Some women mend clothes bat 1t is
difficult u find them OF course there are
dozens OF street merchants who sell
Jiuinutive bears and balloons and cotton
flannel elephants. Inventors Of chill
dren's TOYS sometimes do well Lace clean
ers and fam members keep tolerabiy busy
Whoever hits upon doing some necessary
thing and doing it well, will get on. One
GREAT trouble everywhere is ineliciency.
Many attempt 20 DO what they cannot do
we'll m the humble empoyments in this
city iueniciency is the rule rather than the
exception G.. G..